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Steps to take if you have been ripped-off by a copy-cat government website

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  • Pollycat
    Pollycat Posts: 35,812 Forumite
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    hpuse wrote: »
    It is not the posts that I don't like or agree with.

    It is the 'concept', 'principles', and trading ethics our elected government and worlds no:1 search engine do not agree with and that starts right with post#1.

    Hence as a result, copycat ads were removed and banned.

    Irony is, there still are people here to jump in joy seeing 'exceptions'. Is there a world without exception?, what do you think, Shaun From Africa?

    hpuse
    It's about time you gave up on your ridiculous accusations that posters on here are jumping in joy at these websites continuing to trade.
    How many times do you have to be told this before it sinks in? smiley-confused013.gif
  • hpuse wrote: »
    Oh no...I am tired of replying to this same old thing. I thought it was only BoP and Pollycat, now you too, gik.

    Ok, here you go, one last time:
    https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2744324
    People and computers. Some should have the interconnectivity removed.
  • missprice
    missprice Posts: 3,736 Forumite
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    hpuse wrote: »
    Oh no...I am tired of replying to this same old thing. I thought it was only BoP and Pollycat, now you too, gik.

    Ok, here you go, one last time:
    https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2744324

    What does that link have to do with copy cat sites?

    Removal Policies

    We want to organize the world’s information, but some content on the web is sensitive or not appropriate for everyone to see. This page explains our policies for different types of content that Google will remove from web, image or video results.

    Personal information

    Upon request, we’ll remove personal information if we believe it could make someone susceptible to specific harm, such as identity theft or financial fraud.

    Information we may remove

    National identification numbers like U.S. Social Security numbers
    Bank account numbers
    Credit card numbers
    Images of signatures
    Information we usually don’t remove

    A user’s date of birth
    A user's address
    A user's telephone number
    How we determine if personal information should be removed
    Request to have personal information removed
    Offensive images

    Some images and videos can be offensive, especially if you haven't specifically asked for them in your search results. We do our best to remove offensive images and videos or hide them in search results. Depending on the situation, we may take one of the three actions below to remove offensive content from your results.
    63 mortgage payments to go.

    Zero wins 2016 😥
  • powerful_Rogue
    powerful_Rogue Posts: 8,392 Forumite
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    hpuse wrote: »
    Irony is, there still are people here to jump in joy seeing 'exceptions'. Is there a world without exception?, what do you think, Shaun From Africa?

    The only thing I find amusing is your ridiculas statements that you never back up with actual evidence, such as the thread famous

    "Google have a team of engineers working 24/7 to stop copycat ads appearing".

    Again hpuse, there really not doing a great job. Not only is the driving licence renewal ad still showing, there is now two!
  • missprice
    missprice Posts: 3,736 Forumite
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    hpuse wrote: »
    It is not the posts that I don't like or agree with.

    It is the 'concept', 'principles', and trading ethics our elected government and worlds no:1 search engine do not agree with and that starts right with post#1.

    Hence as a result, copycat ads were removed and banned.

    Irony is, there still are people here to jump in joy seeing 'exceptions'. Is there a world without exception?, what do you think, Shaun From Africa?

    But the copy cat ads are not banned, only a day or so ago I posted on here that I googled renew passport and the VERY FIRST OPTION WAS A PAID FOR AD
    63 mortgage payments to go.

    Zero wins 2016 😥
  • hpuse
    hpuse Posts: 1,161 Forumite
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    missprice wrote: »
    But the copy cat ads are not banned, only a day or so ago I posted on here that I googled renew passport and the VERY FIRST OPTION WAS A PAID FOR AD

    I don't know how to answer the above..
    Powerful_Rogue, what do you think? . Is the statement above true?:)
  • powerful_Rogue
    powerful_Rogue Posts: 8,392 Forumite
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    hpuse wrote: »
    I don't know how to answer the above..
    Powerful_Rogue, what do you think? . Is the statement above true?:)

    Why would I doubt it to be true?
  • hpuse
    hpuse Posts: 1,161 Forumite
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    Why would I doubt it to be true?

    Is that the reason you are not asking missprice to prove the same re: passport copycat ads appearing on google ?.
    Ah! I get it now...
  • hpuse
    hpuse Posts: 1,161 Forumite
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    People can't resist taking me on my stance on copycats and the postings I made and the external repercussions (i.e govt and google ban they faced).....

    Anyone wanna bet this thread will reach 100+ pages ??.
  • OlliesDad
    OlliesDad Posts: 1,825 Forumite
    hpuse wrote: »

    Anyone wanna bet this thread will reach 100+ pages ??.

    I suspect you are right.. but only because whenever the thread starts to die you revive it with a link along with an over optimistic view on what it means.
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